Door-hanger



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURTON S. JORDAN, 0F OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO J. E. PORTER COMPANY, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, BURTON S. JORDAN a citizen of the United States, residin at ttawa, in the county of La Salle and tate of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to door hangers for folding doors, the sections of which are hinged together with one ofthe door` sec` tions hinged at one side of the door opening.

Among the objects of my invention is to provide a door hanger using a straight track mounted' parallel to the door opening and permitting the doors to be yfolded one against the other and stand at an angle to the track when in fully open position. A further object of my invention is to providesuch a connection between one of the doors and the hanger that the doors will be prevented from movement beyond their fully open position and from being injured or damaged by being forced or moved against the side wall of the building or the front wall thereof to which the doors are connected. A still further object of my invention is to provide a bracket and arm which may be used with either right or left-hand opening doors, and thus make the equipment a universal one. A further object of my invention lis to provide a simple construction comprising a minimum number of parts, inexpensive to manufacture and to handle and install, and yet efficiently serving the purpose for which it is intended. Other and further objects of my invention will appear from the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a set of 'folding doors equipped with a hanger and track of my invention, the doors being shown closed; v

Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe parts shown inFig. l` with-the doors shown in full lines partially opened and in dotted lines fully opened, said figure being'taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. Sis an enlarged side elevational view of the hanger and parts used for connecting the same with one of the Yfolding doors;

Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical sectional views taken on lines 4--4 and 5-5, respectively, of Fig.3;andv A Y Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bracket and arm used with the hanger and shovs'ing` Specication of Letters Patent. i Patented July 19, 1921.

Application led J'uly 28,

1919. Serial No. 313,784.

such parts disconnected so as to indicate how the same may be used for right as well as left-hand opening doors.

In the drawings, I have shown a garage or other building 1, having a front wall 2 provided with an enlarged doorway 3 and side walls t, 4, the building of course'having a rear wall, roof, and floor. On the inside of the building and above the doorway 3 is a straight track or rail 5 secured to the front wall 2 by brackets 6, of any desired type and number and positioned along the length of the track at such intervals as necessary.

As shown, the track 5 is in the form of a fiat bar arranged on edge and secured to said wall 2, parallel to the door opening 3. The track 5 is straight throughout all portions of its lengthand is not 'curved from the building wall at either of itsends as in some equipments heretofore used. For the doorway is provided a plurality of doors 7, 8, and 9, three in number in the particular equipment shown but a greater number of doors may be used if desired without departing from the spirit and scopel of my invention. The door '7 is connected by hinges 1() with the inside of the front wall 2 at one side of the door opening, while the door 9 is connected by hinges 11 withy the inside of the Vsame wall at the opposite side of the door opening, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The door 8 is interposed between the doors 7 and 9 and is connected with the opposed edge of the latter by hinges 12, located on the outside of said doors'to permit the doors 8' and 9 to fold back against each other and to one side of the door opening, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In the particular equipment illustrated, the doors 7 and 8 when closed may be connected together at their meeting or abutting edges'by a pivoted latch member 18 engaging a keeper 14 on the'door 8. Said latch member may be raised to disengage it from the'keeper by a pivoted thumb piece 15 on the door 7.

' The hangerv for the' folding doors 8 and 9 comprises'a roller carriage 16 having a pair of rollers 17, 17 of the groovedtype and traveling on the upper edge of the track 5. Said rollers are at the ends of the carriage, and depending fromr the same between the rollers is "a carrier 18 having its lower end bent inwardly toward the building wall and extending lbeneath the'lower edge' of the track 5, as clearly shown in Fg- 4 Rh@ two folding doors S and 9, the former is the innermost one and has secured to its upper free edge'a bracket 19. Said `bracket19zis provided with elongated slots' 2Overt1cally` arranged andthrough which extend bolts 21 for connecting the bracket with thewdoor,

the slots permitting vertical adjustmentrof the bracket to facilitate its attachment to the carrier 18. The bolts 21 extend throughk the door 8, as shownin Fig.` 5, and also through a plate 22 on the outside of the door an'd'against which plate the headsof theJ bolts bear. The bolt holes in the plate -22'ar'e preferably made square to receive likeV por- 'tionson thefshanks of th'efbolts tohold the 'same from :turning when the clamp nuts 23 `Vare applied on the threadedrends of thebolts.

The upper .end 24 'of' the bracket 19 is arranged atrig'ht-angles to the body of 'the lsame and extends inward from the inner face of the door-8, as shown,` and to which is permanently secured, by fastening members 25, an arm'26. Said arm 26 is connected-at its other end by a pivot pin 27 with the lower end ofthe carrier 18, as shown in` Figs. 3

a'nd 4. I.The arm 26 is offset downwardat its end connectedy with the bracket 19 topermit the track 5 to-bespacedthel requireddisf tancefabove the upper edge ofthe doorway, so that a tracklandfbrackets6, of required size fand strength may be used and not eX- tend'over the doorwayto hinder the opening andy closing of the. doors." Moreover,lthe

4upper end 24k of the bracket19extends inward yfromlthe Vdoor8 to allowl the door to close 5in the opening 3.

g WhenV the vdoors lare closed, they occupy the positions shown in F ig.` A1', and it. will be V.noted thatthe roller carriage 16 standsl ad-V yjacent one end of the track 5 and beyond-'the door'8, to which it. is connected. At such time the arm 26 is in a position parallel'with the door opening Sand at'ri'ght-anglesto the carrier 18.` Toopen the doors, thelatchl is raised and the door 7 released from the folding doors 8- and-9. The latches 28 of the ldoors.8anfdi9 are .then released by pulling on the chains attached thereto and saiddoors 8 and'xf9 break and swing inward: on their hinges toward :the side ofthev door opening 3 to which the .outermostdoor 9` ishinged. As the doors Sfand 9 are swung open-, .the

,edge ofthe door 8, to which the:bracketv19 yis attached, moves:Y in a path substantially below and'parallelto lthe .straight track 5, the roller ycarriage 16 traveling along the 'track 5 toward the sideV of the door'open'ing to' whichi'the outer "door 9 is hinged.j The varm y26rbeing pivotally connected'with the .car'rierf18 Vpermits the arm to change its angular position readily with respect tothe track Vand ithe carrier, but'being rigidly connected with fthe innermost* door 8:'.does :not

,change its 'angular' positionr with respect' thereto, Jall huswthe inner door. yis permitted tornove along.the'track'until it folds against the outer door 9, and when the doors` are thus folded the upper edge-fof the inner doorV :8,

xtoywhich the bracket 119is attached, stands rbeneath the track, and the doors are allowed `tobe swung about'the hinges of the outer door 9 to a fully open position at approxi-V vmatelylf" to the straight track. The fact that the arm is rigidly'connected withthe Y Vinner'v door: 8 prevents the doors when fully open from being swung back farther than about 450 to the track, thereby preventing the fdoors from being. injured or broken by kbeing slammed or `forced vagainst the liront wall' 2 or'the side wall 4j Fromthis it follows that the' sidewall toward' which the doors open needinot' be spaced far fenough from the doorway) 3 to allow the doors t'ojbe foldedbackl-against the front Vwall 2, lbut vneedonl'y-'be spaceda sufficient distance from the door openingto lguard against the doors strikrngvthe wall when the doors areswung into fully'open position.' 4W hen the doors 8 and -9 are folded against each other, furtherV pivotal movement of the'doorstofully open position is about the hinges 11 ofy the outer door 9, andfasj said point of' movementis.

offset from the pivotal connection of the arm '26 vwithvthe roller carriage, the latter does not' travel beyondthe inner'edge of the'in- -`ner 'door 8i and thus=does not run olf the end.` ofi the track. From this it followsVV that no stop member-Sion thetrack isfn'eede'd to prevent the roller carriage fromrunning off the.track.- Byhaving the lower fend ofthe carrier 18 vextending` beneath thetrack 5 and the arm 26 pivoted'thereto, 'the rollers v17, are

:prevented from :tilting and bindingagainst the track when' traveling thereon.vv Y

As' shown 1in the drawings, the farm 26 `is connected with vthe upper end l2l4 v'ofsthe bracket 191by two-fasteningmembers 2 5, 25, instead'of one'. so as toprevent the arm from having any pivotal vmoven'ient with `respect tothe bracket;V In or'der'that the bracket and arm may 'bei used'ffor either right-handy or Y left-.handy openinggdoors, the bolthole's 29, and 3011i1r-the Aarm and "bracket-'are -so `arrangedfzthat the VarmV may .be connectedv with the bracket Vso :as: to extend :on either iside thereof,v as showninj Fig. 6, theffull-'lines showing-the arm inxposition'to-'be secured'to the bracket lfor right-hand opening' doors as illustrated* in -the preceding iguresiof the drawings, and thel dotted linesf showing the 12() 'arm 'in'fposition .to be -connected with the 'Y ing doors, the bolt holes 29, and 30 are square and receive a squared part 31 on the shank of the fastening member 25, as shown in Fig. 6.

The hanger construction as shown and described is particularly applicable for garage doors or any other equipment where folding doors are employed. In the drawings, I have shown the door 7 which may be opened and closed independently of the folding doors 8 and 9, this being the usual practice in building garages, although such door could be omitted and the door opening closed by folding doors alone.

While I have shown and described herein in detail one preferred form of door hanger embodying the features of my invention, yet the details of construction and arrangement of parts shown may be variously changed and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a door structure, the combination of a straight track rigidly mounted parallel to and above the door opening, a plurality of doors hinged together, there being an inner door and an outer door and the latter p hinged to a stationary support at one side of the door opening, a roller carriage mounted to travel on said track, a carrier secured to said `roller carriage and extending downward therefrom, a bracket secured to said inner door, and a horizontal arm arranged at right-angles to said bracket and extending between the same and said carrier, said arm having pivotal connection with said carrier and rigid, non-rotative connection with said bracket. y

2. In a door structure, the combination of a straight track rigidly mounted parallel to and above the door opening, a plurality of doors hinged together, there being an inner door` and an outer door and the latter hinged to a stationary support at one side of the door opening, a roller carriage mounted to travel on said track, a carrier secured to said roller carriage and extending downward therefrom and having its lower end extending beneath said track, a bracket secured to said inner door and having a horizontal flange extending inward therefrom,

and a horizontal arm arranged at right-angles to said flange and extending between the same andsaid carrier, said arm having pivotal connection with the lower end of said carrier and rigid, non-rotative connection with the flange of said bracket.

3. In a door structure, the combination of a straight track rigidly mounted parallel to and above the door opening, a plurality of doors hinged together, there being van inner door and an outer door and the latter hinged to a stationary support at one side of the door opening, a hanger mounted to travel on said track, a carrier secured to said roller carriage, extending downward therefrom, and having its lower end extending beneath said track` a bracket secured to the inner door, a horizontal arm arranged at right-angles to said bracket and extending between the` same and said carrier, said arm .having pivotal connection with the lower ond of said carrier, and means rigidly connecting said arm with said bracket in a manner permitting said arm to extend from either side of said bracketfor either a righthand or lefthand opening set of doors.

4l. In a door structure, the combination of a straight track rigidly mounted parallel to and above the door opening, a plurality of doors hinged together, there being an inner door and an outer door and the latter hinged to a stationaryfsupport at one side of the door opening, a roller carriage mounted to travel on said track, a carrier secured to said roller carriage and extending downward therefrom and having its lower end extending beneath said track, a bracket secured to said inner door, and a horizontal arm arranged at right-angles `to said bracket and extending between the same and said carrier, said arm having pivotal connection with said carrier beneath said track and rigid, non-rotative connection with said bracket; the outer end of said arm being offset downward toward said inner door.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I affix my signature this 25th day of July, A. D. 1919.

BURTON S. JORDAN. 

